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VOLUME XY,
-ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1800.
NUMBER 41
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Friday Morning, August 18,1080.
. Mr. Bell on African Slavery.
Wo continue to day tho publication
of Mr. Bell’s record which ho announ
ces as his sontimonts at this day, ahd
which, unliko most politicians, ho has
not renounced or -contradicted. It.
may bo considered as tho policy which
will control him in tho administration
of the Government, should tho peoplo
elevate him'to tlio position to which his
consistency, his ability and Ills tldelity
to tho Constitution on.titlo him. In tho
portion which wo give our readers to
day, there is a masterly and unanswera
ble argument in the defence of slavery.
Ho does not urge tho cowards plea of
necessity; ha doos not attempt to shift
the responsibility from tlio present gon-
ation, and ohargo our ancestors, now
sleeping in their poacoful graves, with
fastening this evil upon us; lie does nob
whin© about tlio immonso loss of pro
perty which would necossarily follow
tho emancipation" of our slaves. IIo
goos to divino truth for Ids authority;
ho brings up tho history of nations to
sustain it; ho ascribes the “gigantic
nr 0 f';:' lon8 ”°f ^ l0 power, and rosourcos
Stour own com;!?' ««Influence of
this in.iltutiou { 1,6 pM.il? l0&t ' «*>»•“•
go—once a fertilo and, beauiiJhl .
now a desort of barbarians -ns otio of I herd. But one man, of whom I liav
Tlio' Southerner Sold;
Not at public outcry, but. at private
•tile. Homo wags, ono not far from tho
Southerner office, having induced tho
“incredulous 1 * Editor thfit wo had, boon
mndo tho victim.of the “CbhWof
Poaoo” hoax, ho appoints himself a
committee of investigation and makes
the wondortal discovery that it was just
wliat wo said it was, a mere-sham. Wo
“kriert Jt at tlio tlmo,” and took partic
ular pains so to denominate it in ordor
that none but tho very “unsuspecting”
should bo gulled, and wo expeotod to
tnko in a fow of that description, but
little thought our neighbor was such a
“curious and unsuspecting Edito**.”
ggjrTho Directors of tho Ga. & Ala.
It. It. Company have issued a cntlfor a
mooting of tho stockholders on tho 4th
of Septembor to elect a director to fill
tho vacancy of Hon, John II. Lumpkin,
deceased, and to consider tho progress
and management of tho work.
Items from our Traveling Correspon
dent.
Tho gentleman from whoso lettors wo
hay© published extracts nt various times
writes from (lainesville, Gu.,on tho 11th
inst,, that “Crops in Hall county aro
good. Politics quiet. Bell will get his
party vote. No Douglas organisation
placo of'Rov. Daniol Kolsoy resigned
Tlio exercises ©f this Institution will bo
resumed on tho 20th'Inst.
Dr. F. Newberry Clark rooontly ex*
trnctod a tooth from Robison it Co’s
oolobratod performing lion, at Buok-
hannon, -Vri, _ \
Tliero lias rooontly boon a Japancso
Embassy to Russia.as well ns to tho
United States. '*
tho banoful oft’oets of emancipation ?
and boldly assorts that Immunity and
civilization owe a vast'dobt to African
Slavery. In conclusion we append tho
remarks of tho compllor and ask our
reader not to fail to read for thomselvos.
Search the debates of Congress on
this oxciting subject from 1700 down to
tlio present time—examine diligently
tho spoeches of the most distinguished
loaders of tliO Southorn Dolnocmcy.Mr.
Calhoun and his compeers—pore over
all that has been said and written by
tho whole tribo of Southern politicians
who have made It a part of th »ir busi
ness, in season and out of season, to in
still into tho .Southern ear doubts .and
suspicions of Mr. Boll’s “soundness on
tho slavery question,” - and say, if,
among them all, there can bo found so
masterly a refutation of tlio accusatory
charges urged against tlio peoplo of the
South on account of tho. existence til
their midst of the Institution of African
slavery.
heni'lb h suspected of Douglasism. They
•xceouingly scarce mid scattering
Gwinnett. Bell, I think, will loso
little or nothing in this portion of the
.Stato. Tho Democratic party will riot
walk longor in tlio counsels’ of the
Augusta Constitutionalist until that pnpor
spurns the sway of tho great Northwost-
fuctlonist.”.
if u Brcckinridger will writo .thus
about Boll’s prospects what must they
when viewed by unprejudiced
minds? . ’ *
l icon Knpt oy an mo xuoi
Ihrgorft ltdok |n Qberokoi
Another Curiosity.
On Wednesday afternoon we, in com
pany with a fow others, were invited by
a friend to partake of ono of tlio finest
looking wtttor-mclons ivo had seen this
season. Tho very sight of-it put our
lcrook»ry 1 ’aM o'inH W«ro''thanTiii. hitherto I nioutluqnot our oyex, imin aqua>uthumor,
knpt by all tlio Morchwiisof Romo—tho | ftl „j w |,ut addod to its deliciousness was
in most delicate
luwor taiin tho former J mansliip—“To Mr. from the
l p ~ 0 *- • M. luvitcl toostlp""'?” pttho««d«mmd like
i, ft rat duo I ubovo McCluug*H, ami j many statues of Impatience simling at
tlio ineloui when our host, with n skill
whicli evinced a thorough acquaintance
with “Burton’s Anatomy of niolnti”-
(wo have no use for tlio rest’ that word)
made an incision with his knife and
with an air of ’delighted hospitality laid
open to our onger oyes—« peck of cpm
meal.
Altluiugh we can establish this fact by
a half dozen credible witnesses, wo cuu-
tion “u ntimber of papers' In the State’ 1
not to copy this “notico” until the
Southerner has made an investigation
and solved tlio mystery, if it can bo
done. To aid him in the. undorstnk
ing we would suggest that the melon
was raised in a cornfield, and also that
wlion tho label was removed It disclos
ed a plug about two inches squaro
which seemed to have been out out
and carefully roplftced. What’s tho so
lution, neighbor? -
jfeafStonmer Alfatiata, left
Greonsport on Tuesday at 0 A. M., witli
8 Passengers, 107 sacks corn, Meal Ac.
257 Packages Merchandise.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 15,1800,
E'O. B. EVES,
MANUFACTUKEIl OK
And Dealer Extensively in
KjEmMSS
of all Stylos.
|(Jiran%, Quality ami IV,res Challenge,!.
THE FARMERS
HR roqUMt.il to oxnrnliio my InfR"
.ortuioolof rtnriUtttpfl Btlin.., ®IUm,
Hrooc.hing and Team Clear uoinptoto^ at tlio
Lowest Possible Cash Prices,
bliirness'and Goar made lo order, and repaired
t*ho»tnotico. .My.stock will bear Inspoe-
lon, come and geebofnre puroluning.
7itF*8ou Advertisement inanothoroolumn.
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MOORE & DUNNAH00,
GROCERS!
‘ '-A fall Assortment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
rNCI.ODIHO Flour, Menl. SUKM of all
,1 kind., CofVoo, Uuttor, Egg., Flail of dif-
liorent kind., Dried, Fruit., und Ftcacrvod
Fruit.. All kind, of Nut., Oundlo., Cigar.,
Tobacco, Flno Liquor., Ac., Ao.
IVc wish it Distinctly Understood that
Wo will Sell on Credit to
&U responsible men, who are
in the habit of paying at the
time agreed upon.
j We will duplioato upon tlmo to prompt
paying roon, any cash purohoeo inado in
, Givo us a call and .satisfy yoursolvoi
Goods and prices,
fobOivly.j
MOORE A DUNNA1IOO.
Jgy-Tho Athens "Wulclimnn” cnyo
tlfo types mndo it soy In its Inst issua
that tlio throo vnoanoios in tho Bonnt of
Visitors of Krnnklln College lmd boon
flllod by Messrs. Dougins, Miller nnd
Yancoy, but it should have Doan Board
of Trustees,
Pi.entv or Grain in the North
west.—.Tho ^Wisconsin papers say that
Stato will produce this year 20,000,000
bushels of wheat, and it i« Buhl that
Minnesota will export more grain this
year than tlio total yield for four yonrs
past. Tho Chicago Press says tho
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA.
IA bcnovolont Institution established by *pcci-
I al Undowmont, for tho.Relief of tiro Sick
nnd Distressed, aiUictod with Virulont and
Epidemic Diseases, and especially for the
_ Curo Of Diioosos of the Soxual Organs.
■TVTEDIOAL advice givon gratis, by the ao-
|i.TX ting Surgoon, to all wbo unply by lot-
|wr, with a description of their condition,
|(age, oeoupatiori, habits of lifo, Ac.,) and in
■oases of extrouo poverty, Modiolncs furnish-
■ed free of charge.
n Valuable reports on Spormatorrhooa, and
otbor Diseases of tho Soxual Organs, and on
the NEW REMEDIES employed in tho DIs-
Jpensnry, sontto the afflicted in Boalod lot-
iter cnyelopos, IVoe of charge. Two or throo
■Stamps for postago will'bo aoooptablo.
I Adare*!,' DR. 8KILLEN HOUGHTON,
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2
Bouth Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. By
order of tho Directors.'• •
EZRA D. HEAltTWELL, Pros,
Ono. FAmciiiLO, Soo’ty. fobfltrily.
Superior White Lead;
. T very low priebs,. Also, Linseed .Oil
x. Copal, Dejnar and Japan Varnishos
\ F'm tX J- 00 ’'
amount of surplus corn which Illinois
can spare out of tho crop now maturing
is immense, and it would bo difficult to
exaggomto it. That doos not look
much liko famine. We will noed somo
of thnt corn in this soction.
Wiiat’s in a Name.—Tho following
are places of noto in tho county of Han-
ovor, Vat Negro foot, Hill Town, Buz
zard Roost, Bull Ring, Dog Town, J’rco
Negro Town; Bold Cat, Ncgationburg
and Texas. #
We.will put Floyd County against it.
V© have Liok-sklllot, Toiiskull, Wolf
Skin, Bluo Gizzard and ’Possum Trot.
jggy-For sovoral weeks past Broad
street betwoon Messrs. R. S. Norton
Son’s and Mr. H. A.-Smith’s,has been i
most completely hlbokod up with piles
of lumber, brioks and dirt. Somobody
is'greatly to.biame'forUhis r.ud wo hope
the proper authorities'will have the ob*
stmotions removed immediately. Tho
stroot.wns intended for public oud not
. . . 1 ' . - *'1 ‘ r*_ I- - -. ^ nl’flla
, Korosine Oil and Lamps
Qf the best quality, fob bale
rohu. • P TU RNLE Y, No. 8 Choice House
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FkH BULL'S .Worn.' UeBtriiyor—n' fresh
’ "apply at FARELL A YEISER'S.
B^Tho Snyunnah Jicpuhlifan copies
nn nrtiolo from tho CW.Yr and orei”'
it to tho Homo (Ga„) Century. Our
• not ontitlo ns to that vonornhlo
does not
name,
Hums*
Thirty-eight- thousand dollars has
boon.paid into the.Stato Treasury as the
net earnings of tlio W. & A. R. It., for
the month.of July.
Wo learn that tho Governor and
Comptroller Ooiiora! havo assossml the
per *ont. tax upon property. Jins year at
0.) cents on tho $10U. Tills is about
ouo fifteenth of oiio percent., ihosamo
as lust year. Wo also learn that it will
raise about $400,000.—,Southern Jlecorder.
Tho returns received ut Washington
indicate that tho population of tho U.
is now 32,000;000.
Geo. N. Lester, lvsq., has boon ap
pointed Supreme Court Reporter in
tlio place of Col. B. Y. Martin, re*
signed.
Tlio Athens Banner- understands Dr,
Daniel Lee, Terrell Professor of Agri-
culture'in the State University,will pro
ceed to Europe in the Great Eastern to
investigate tlio present state of Agricul
tural science there, and collect docu
ments nnd woilts hearing upon his im
portant department.
The New York Tribune apologises for,
and ‘approves Lord Brougham’# cc
diiot toward# Mr. Dallas. Of course.
Henry R. Crosby, lisq., has been ap
pointed Judge for‘TJiali, vice Hon. Ed
ward U. Harden, declined.
lion. Lewis Cuss, arrived at Washing,
ton City on the 10tii inst., after an ab
sence of four weeks in Detroit, Mich.,
very much improved in health and has
resumed tho duties of his office.
Tho abolitionist who was punished
and driven out of Montgomery county;'
Ala., a few days since, is named Lyinon,
widdlcrby trade, is about GO yoavs old,
and says ho Is a Virginian by birth.,
Hon. llowoli'Cobb loft Augusta on
Tuesday morning for Washington City
to aUond to his business.
A Black Republican polo at Birming
ham, Mass., was recently struck
lightning and shivered to pieces ; and
Douglas polo at Detroit, Mich., toll
down soon after it was erected and
broke asunder near t he middle. Omin
ous, wo hopo.
Two girls, cousins, aged 15 nnd 10,
hung themselves in Jackson co., Iowa,
rooontly on account of loving tho same
man.
Three of tho choir of young girls
who strewed Washingtori’s pathway
with flowers as lio entered Tronton in
1789, aro still alivo. Ono lives in Tron
ton; one is the mother of Senator
Chestnut, of So. Ca., and ono is Mrs.
Sarah Hand, of Cape May co., N. J.
Tho Athens Banner having said thoro
wero two Douglas men in ~ llaborshara
county, the Clarkcsrillo Herald asks;
“Athons Banner ploaso inform us
what two men in Haborshain aro for
Douglas ? Every ono wo accuso of it
shows fight, and makes him cum power
ful.’
The Bainbridgo (Ga.). Advocate says
tho storm that passed over Romo on tho
12th of July, at ono o’clock P. M,
reached Bainbridgo at Sundown, having
traveled at tho rato of about 45 miles
per hour.
Hon. S..H, Woodson, (Deni.) M. 0.
from.Missouri.has declared for Boll and
Everett.
At Manhattan, Kansas, the Ther
mometer in July ranged as high as,112°,
and' ono day stood tor a fow hours at
126° on*tho north sid© of tho house in
the shade. Constant wind niakos the
heat endurable.
Hon. D.AV. Lowis, of Ilarioook, will
1 lib CUMULATION OF MR. i words upon the cilccts of this institu-
IIKLL’N KlKCOItD. tion upon tho country whicli tolerntes
his it. To tho great fact to which I havo
Approved and Eiulorsed bg JUmsclf in Ids
* Lellers of July 1800. ♦
Sir.. 11F.LT, ON AFRICAN SLAVERY.
“Mr. President, I CRtinot conclude
nty ronmrks without taxing tho indul
gence of tho Sennto yet furtlior in say
ing a fow words- upon tho subject. of
Gut Institution, against the extonslon
BQSf The following resolutions would
have been published at an oarlior day,
but, on account of multitudinous and
pressing business in the offico of the
Clerk of tho Supeiior Court, necessary
to a preparation of tho ensos to bo enr-
rlod to the Supremo Court, now in scs*
sion, they were overlooked.
Trlbuto of llcspcct to Hou. John IX.
Lumpkin*
In tho suaden and unoxpoctod death
of tho Honorable John II. Lumpkin,
loved and honored, ns ho was, wo are
forcibly reminded that “in the midst of
lifo wo are in death.”
How iusorutnblo aro the ways of Prov
idence l On the evening of the Uth
inst., wo saw him in tho full vigor of
manhood occupied in Ids usual avoca
tions, little expecting that in a few
short hours wo sliould bo called upon
to pay the last duty of rospect to all-
that ivas mortal of our much esteemed
friend, cold in tho oinbracos of death,
by depositing his remains In the silent
tomb. Muy wo hope that our brother
removed ri*oin tlio ©ares and troubles
a transito) y existence only to rlso to
immortality, and blisg, of- clornal dura
tion. The,loss by dcatli rtf hut fow men
has proved a greater calamity, to tho
interests, the wblfiiro and the prosperi
ty of the community in which thoy
lived, than tho loss to us just sustained
by tlio death of our gifted friend. The
pumcroui mournci# nnd friends, who
loycd liilh, tho various fratornities to
inch ho belonged, nnd of which lie
was ouo of tho brightest lights, the
members of tlio bar,.of which ho was
an ornament, all J following in silont
grief his romuins to thoir Inst resting
place, attested the high estimation in
which his many virtues wero held ill
‘the socioty in which lie moved. Hav
ing hold many oificoa of high political
trusts lto always performed their duties
with a firm adherence to truth and jus-
tice, with a capacity seldom equalled,
and.with unswerving fidelity. A con
siderable portion of his life—somo. twolvo
years—were spent in public office. Fow
•a enabled to Tcslst the ninny tempta
tions nml allurements incident to po*
litical preferment and power; but it
umy lie truly said of him that pririciplo
tlio polar star of his political devo
tion, founded upon a conscientious be
lief of wliat was right and for tlio true
intehistsof his country.
“Hero lio tlio remains of *ati holiest
man, tho noblest work of God,” would
be a fitting epitaph to his niomory. Ho
was known in private life only to be lov
ed and honored. Geuerous nnd hospi
table—kind to nll who camoin his way,
no ono knew him . but to honor hhn,
and deem it a privilege to l>e called his
friend. How appropriate is it tlion that
we sliould moot to bear testimony to
tlio many oxcellonoios of character of
our departed .friend and brother. Let
us revere his memory, lot us cherish Ills
many virtues/
Be it therefore
Jlcsolvcd, That 1n the,death of .Hon
John II. Lumpkin, our community 1ms
lost one of its most- enterprising and
liberal members; and tho .State of Geor
gia a uoblo and patriotic citizen who
was always devoted to hor-best interests
and true to her honor.
dissolved, That wo tender to his bo-
rcavod family and relations, in this, tho
hour of their deep affiictlon, our warm
est sympathies.
Jlesolmt, -That wo, ns mombors of this
Bar, will worn* tho usual bndgo of mour
ning for sixty days, in honor of his
memory, and as ft tokon of our high re
gard for tlio character nnd worth of a
departed brother.
Resolved, That tlio foregoing pream
ble and resolution bo entered on tho
minutes of tho Court. That tlio papers
of tlio city bo requested. to publish
tho same and a copy furnished to
tho mourning family of the doceas-
,against tho e?
of which to tho new torHtorios, somo
f ontlemon manifest So gVont a horfor.
t has boon denounced in this debate as
a groat irioral uncL political evil; ns
grit
non in tho history of the rise and pro
gress of nations; a phenomenon, in all
Its bearings, n6t yet tally coniprohend-
UM.ItUUlU UIIIU, Hill UU WIU Biuuy III1U
tho admiration of tho.historian nml philos-
;kt onher; I meun, not tho founding of»
ropubli© on thoso shores, so recently
tlio nbodo only of savngo arid noniadlo
tribes, bat its amazing growth hriddoVeh
opment; Its mngio-liko spring, frdm
more than onco alluded, conjoinod with
tlio system of equal laws, which our nm
cestors brought to these shores, perfect
ed and consolidated at tho Revolution,
iovous^vrong and oppression to t
rnco whioh arc thosulgectof it; a bll^—
undcurso to tlio country which tolo-
rates it, nndakiiv upon tho consqlenco
of tlio masters individually. I am Iden
tified with this so muoh abused institu
tion, by my representative position in
this Cliambor, in association, fn 'charac
ter, und in responsibility to tho tribunal
of public sontfmont. It is, thoroforo,
natural thnt I should rnako a brief ro-
ply to the necusatory charges of my
northern countrymen. ^ '
For tho purposes of my argument,
the origin and progress of slavery in tho
Unitod States may bo briefly told.—
Without pretoudlng to accuracy of de
tail it may bo statod with sufficient con
formity to historical fact that somo cen
tury-and a half ago, or- a little more, a
few thousand natives of Afrioa, in form
and mind slampod only with tho coftrs-
ost rudiments of tho Caucasian raco ;
scarcoly bearing tlio impress of tho hu
man fripo divine ; savngo in their habits
both of war nnd of neuco; ferocious ,as
tho > wild, beasts tt thoir own native
haunts, wero caught up.nnd transported
to these shores, reduced to n state , of
homlago, ami they and thoir descen
dants hold in slavery until, this uay.—
Wliat do we now. behold ? These few,
thousand savages havo boqomo a groat
peoplo,, numbering .throo millions of
souls; civilized,christianized; ouch new
renernWon developing somo improvod
routuros, mental nnd physical,ami indi
cating somo Turthcr approximation to
tho rnco of thoir masters. Search the
annals of all history, and where do you find
a fact so striking and wonderful, one so wor
thy tie contemplation of the philosop!wr, thc
statesman, the .Christian and the philanthro
pist t This groritfaot stands out boldly
.joforo the world; audio the impressive
language of tho Honnlor from Missouri,
[Mr. Benton,] it must ever stand for an
anneer. >$ir, it can rever be successfully an
swered. .. lias humanity cause to drop u tear
over the record qf this great fact l lias Afri-
any cause to tnouni t
But therp uvo some other and, subor-
dinnto facts, fairly dcduciblo from, tho
greater arid mom prominent ono, which
may likewiso defy contradiction or an
swer. Tlio rapid multiplication nnd
improved lineaments of tills poople’at-
*est the fact, that tho yoka or bondage
has prossod but lightly upon them; and
that thoy havo shared freoly with their
masters, of tho fut .of tho land. Go, I
repeat, and search tho pagos of> history,
und whore will you find a faot compara
ble to this? Tho history of the Hebrew
bondage prosonts no parullcl—nothing
at republican empire—ablo not only
to'maintain its. rlghtB of sov.orciguty
and independence, by land find son,
against n hostile world; but at thp
sumo tlmo, by its example, slinking to
tlioir foundations tho dospotio' powers
of eartli; n groat incorporation of free
dom, dispensing its blessings to all
mankind.' Sir, Ufa fabled birth of Mi-
norva, leaping in full panoply from the"
head of Jove, if a truth, nnd no fiction,
would scarcely bo moro.wondorful, oru
great mystery, without Ihopluowhloh
African Slavery furnishes lor tho solu
tion of it.
Sir, making' all duo allowances for
American enturprso and tho energies of
freo labor, with all the inspiring nd van
tages of our fuvorlto system of govern
ment, I *doubt whether the power and re
sources of this country would have attained
-more than half their present extraordinary
proportions, but for the so thueh reviled in
stitution of slavery. Sir, your rich arid va
ried; com moroo, external' and internal;
your iiavagAtlon ; your cotniiiorciitl inn-
rino, tho nursery of tlio military ; your
ample revenues'} thp pUblib crodit;
your mnnufuatureA; your rlc/i, pqpu-
lous, and spleridld oltios—all; all trace to
this institution as their well sprirfg, their pres
ent gigantie proporions; nourished and'
built up .to tlioir present amazing
heigh tli arid grnndour by tho groat sta
ges of tlio' Sou th—tho products ofslavo
abor.
Yot, slavery,-in ovorj* form in whioh-
:lio.primitive poriod
-from its earliest
> this time, in.
? globo—and all its
to givo thorn the utmost practical in-
fiuonco nnd effect consistent with tho
existing Btato of society. Tho most in
teresting illustration of this sentiment
nmltho inosUtrihing oxnmplft ortho
. .. t i, 0 .
od.
On motion it id ordered that the foro-
going prenmblo and resolutions bo en
tered on tho minutes of tho Court.
D. F» HAMMOND, J. S. C.
Entered on minutes of Court, No. 7,
July tertn, 1860, page 392.
A. B, ROSS, Clerk.
Snake Cuarmino.—Tho' Rochester
(N. YD Union montions a caso of
snako cnarming. A little girl lias.bo-
come so fond of a brown snako, and
the snake so fond of her that \vhen thoy
moot in the yard they^ ruu to each oth
er with all the apparent emotions of
friendship and attachment that can ex
ist between two. living beings, Tho lit
tle girl'is growing thin on it and tho
snako fat. The parents feel muoh
alarmed,.and desiro to romovo thoir lit
tle girl ftrom tho facinating influonco of
tho snako without projudico to .her
health arid her existence. . They have
boon told that it is dangorousto take
any sudden step in tho mattor, arid
have not yot'done anything to'avert
the consequenoo they fear.'
individual use, and wo have a.city ordl- deliver tho annual address before /ho
nanco prohibiting this vpry.thiqg. Cass county . Agricultural; Sdoiety in
Septembor.
. Rev. B. Arbognsi, formerly President
of tho Wosloyiin Fcnialo- Instituto,
Staunton, Vn., has been clioson Presi
dent of Cassvillo Fomale Collego,in th.
:Be.ib Elected ron Both Terms.—The
_ wonderful, The family, cf Jacob,
(tho germ of tho Hebrew nation) were
of u superior race, und civilized. Tliorb
is one singular analogy, however, be
sides that of bondage, whicli may bo
traced in the history of thoso two peo
ples. While the religious institutions
of tlio ono forbade any nmnlgiitioni so
cial or political, witli thoir masters and
surrounding nations; nature, by laws
more stringent arid Inexorable; forbids
to tho other uhy equality,.social or po
litical, with ihu race which holds them
in bondago.
As to tlio lawfulness or sinfulness of
tho institution of slayery—whatever
dironziedor fauntib priests, or more
! earned and rational divines may preach,
whatever they may affirm of Christian
precepts, or. moral and rbligious duties
nnd responsibilities; whatever interpre
tation of the Inw of nature or of almigh
ty God thoy may announce, whatever
doctrines or tlioorlo* of tho equulity of
human rights, and of tho dilferont ra
ces of mankind, diversified as thoy are
by complexion, by physical formation
and mental development, infidel phi
lanthropists, or the disciples of a tran
scendental creed of any kind, may
hold or teaeli; howover they may dog
matize upon tills hypothesis, and do-
cluro it to bo a violation of tho law
of- nature, for any one race with
whatever superiority of mental or phys
ical faculties they may bo euduoi to
subjugato those of an inferior, grade,
and make them tho instrument ot im
provement and amelioration in thoir
own condition, as well as in that of thoir
masters or conquerors, in carrying for
ward tlio groat work of civilization, un
til we shall bo eiilighUmpd by rovola-
tion from a higher sourco than them-
splvos, 1 .must claim the. privilogo
of interpreting tho law of riaturo by
what I see revealed in th© history of
mankind from the earliest period of re
corded tithe, uncantrodictod by Divino
authority. I must interpret that law
according to the prominent facts con
nected with tho subject, as thoy havo
stood out in thb past, and as thoy stand
outboforo us at this day. Looking
through tho eyes of history, I have scon
slavery or involuntary servitude, tho
handmaid of Hindoo, Egyptian, Assy-
rinri, Jewish, Greek and Roman civiliza
tion. I havo seen tlio institution rocog-
nizod by tho theocratic government of
theJows—tho chosen depositories of
of tho Won'n of Life—-by democratic
Athens and republican Romo. I have
seen, upon tho overthrow of Roman civ
ilization by tho savugo hordes of IhQ
north, that those new masters of wpa-
torn Europe and tlioirsuocessors, adopt
ed and continued to uphold the same
institution, undor various modifications,
adapted to tho changing condition, of
both slavo and mnstor, uud still under
an advancing civilization, until p com
paratively roebnt poriod. I seo tho
natiyo raco of nil British India, at this
moment, bowing tlio nock under a sys-
of quasi Blavory. But abovo all; I 1 havo
seen boro-on this continent, niid : in
thoso Unitpd States, the original lords
of the soil BUbdriod—somo of thoih sub-
driod to slavery, ©there expollod, driv
en out, and thp remnant still hold in
subordination ; and all this undor an
interpretation of the law of naturo,
which holds good at this day nmom'
It has existed from tl
of organized. society—fron
and patriarchal form to
uveiy quarter of flic globe r _.
results—even thb thf ningnificent result
of African slavery iri the United htateB
is declared to be against tho Jaw of na
ture. Though contributing in ’a hun
dred varied -fortns and modes, through
a period of. thousands of years, to the
amelioration of tho condition- .of- man
kind generally; . though soiriotimcs
abused and perverted, ns all human
institutions, even those of religion, are
—still contributing to advance thocauso
of civilization j though, if you ploase,
having its orgln in individual cupidity,
still mysteriously, working out a general
good; yot slavery and nil its beneficent
result, aro pronounoed to ho against the
.will.of God,.by thoso who claim a stirio-
r’tor illumination upon the subject. This
may ho so; but I must say that this
conclusion, po confidently announced,
is not arrived at in:accordance witli the
Baconian mothod of reasoning, * by
which wo aro taught that from a great
many particular and well established
facts in tho physical economy, wo may
sufoly deduco a gonoral law of physical
naturo; arid so of morals and govern
ment. It seems to ray wonk faculties,
that it is ruthor an arrogant and pre
sumptuous arrangoracnt.of the ways of
Providonco, mystorious as wo .know
them to bo, for feeble matt to declare,
thnt which has boon permitted to exist
nnd prosper from the boginning, among
men nrid nations, u contrary to Us will,.
But whoever lias 'studied the histpry
of civilization, the progross of society—
of laws and government—ntast.havb
perceived that certain abstract or tho*.
oretio truths, whether in civil or reli
gious policy, havo boon, arid can orilv
with safety to'the ultinintoend8 of fill-
societies and govern meats, bo unfolded
by degrees, rind adjusted at every ftep;
aoeordinj * **
from
rind i . .. -
—sucli as tho equality of natural riglits,-
of solf-govornmont, and freedom of
spoech und opinion. These general
gov-
-r-rv—— — —• history
and ono whioh claims tho special atten
tion of tho pooplo pf this country at
this moment—was exhibited by our an
cestors, when, with thoir own recogni-
tion of tho abstract truth of tho equal!-
ty of natural rights still vibrating on
thoir tongues, they yet fearlessly set
thoir seals to a covenant of union be
tween theso States, containing an ex
press recognition of slavery, Isay ex*
irestr .recognition ; because, whntover
lie jesuiticnl doctors of the North may
say, fjieolauses in tho Constitution xo-
luting to tho importatiori of persons un
der cortnln limitations, and fixing tlio
basis of direct taxes nnd rnprosentn-
tlnn lh Congrtos, I nffirm, do .mount
tonn express recognition of slavery.
MX. DIM, IN'18'l l—THE KANSAS NERRASKA
.rim.;
Wo cotiio now to wlmt inny justly bo
considered as tho most iinportnnt net of
Mr. BeU’s.puhlla lifo—his opposition to
tlio Knnsns-Nobrnsku not. A fow briol'
inssngos from tho two speeches mndo
iy him In thoSonaloon that momorn-
ilo occasion will sulllco to plnco lioforo
110 pooplo of tlio South (wlioro ids voto
ngninst tlio bill has boon mndo tho sub-
joct ol bltlof condomnntloiij'tlio motive
nud'ronsoin'by wliioli lio was govorned.
llonr JJim, follow dltMAtI
niREAt. or the uisaouni coui’iiomsE-
OI1EAT VllACTlCAI. QUESTION—ITS I'RMI
lilE llESULTS UliNStliEllEU.
“If this monsuro si mil appear to bo ...
important to tlio interests of tlio coun
try ns its frionds assume, I shall fool no
eiiiburrnssmont arising from nny of tlio
questions |o whicli I iiuvujust alluded
111 giving my support to tlio principle of
iioii-intorvonticm, embraced In tho pro-
visions of tlio bill heforo tliu .Somite. I
tlilnk it is a who and expedient princi-
ilo, for gonoral application; and upon
Ills point, it will bo perceived* Hint
there is no dilVuroncc between myself
und any qf my southorn friends, it is
not n now principle. It wns tho prin
ciple adopted in tlio compromise acts of
1N30, and had my full concurrcuco nnd
import. But in tlio application. of tills
nnclplo lo tlioTc "
Ijiun. will ill mu ii|ij>iii;iiiiiiii UI in in
liciplo to tho Territories proposed .to
iq organized by this bill, in. order to
'ivo it a freo and unembarrassed opera
tion; it is proposed to repeal tl.'o Missou
ri Compromise; and thus a great prac-
the dispassionate consideration and re*
fieotion of ovory statesman of tho coun
try, north and south ; Is it wise, is it ex-
,i«i;,MI0 Mlurb the Missouri Compromise t
Does the repeal of the slaveiy restriction
Clause of the det of 1820 promise such impor
tant and beneficent results-to the eoun-
try^ t/iut all ofgcclions should be yield-
MISSOURI RESTRICTION UNJUST. TO TUB
SOUTH.
tion of tho government by conforming
it to tho . principle of tho compromise
aqts of. 1850, Admitted. It is said
that tho slavery, restriction clauso of
.the act of 1820, was a violation of tho
obligationsof tlio treaty by which Franco
coded to tho United States tho Territo
ry of Louisiana, I admit it. It is con
tended that tho restriction upon slave
ry imposed by the Missouri C'ompro-
miso^ns unjust to tho .South, That is
Tho attompt of tho North in ?1820’to
Interdict slavery In , Missouri, us a con
dition of her admission into tho Union,
and tho continued resistance offered to
tho application of that Stato for admis
sion, until tho South agreed to, accept
trio proposition.to lifltordiot slavery m
all tho,.remaining territory ooded by
Franco lying north of tho lino 30 dog
30 min, was just such a proceeding that
tho great names invoked by tho liono-
ruble Senator from Massachusetts [Mr.
Hunittor,] to sustain him In' Ills' course
ns au abolitionist—Washington, Frank
lin, Jofiorson and Hamilton, had they
h says:
“Wo wore premature, it appears in
conceding tho election of Barrett for
the short term. By official count thcro
aro ovor two hundred Republican
tickets which were polled for ‘F. Blair,
for Congress,’ which ho lias not re
ceived crodit for so far, and whioh givo
him a majority over Barrett of sixty
votes.”
... I at tins clay among
our northern‘brethren; and I have yet
in reserve that great fact to whicli 1
of tlio have already alluded—three millions of
tho African race, whoso labor is subject
to tho will of masters, under such cir
cumstances that their condition cannot
be changed, though their masters should
tv.ll if. wit It flr'atriK'timi iililrit t<« tin.
will it, with destruction alike to the
interests and welfaro of botli master
rncl slave. - Theso aro tho lights by
which I road and interpret tho li
nature. ;
Now, sir, permit mo to say a fow
thoir length and breadth, in tho prac
tical operations of government,, with
success, soriio law-givers imvo been led-
to deny thnt thoy aro founded in reas
on ; and when thoy havo, at nny time,
been suddenly embraced by tho con
trolling minds among tho peoplo, tho
misfortuno has boon thnt thoy woro ap*
plied in excoss, and without due regard
to tho actual condition of tho people'
who wor© to bo affected; nnd liciico
they have, so far, failed' of success in
somo of the most highly civilized .na
tions of Europe, , .
But it is more to the point to refer to
tlio emancipation of the slaves of St.
Domingo; one of tho first oxploSivo ef
fects of tho.suddon recognition of the
rights of man by tho Frooh people. It
would be difficult to demonstrate, at this
day, that tho enuso of humanity, or of
human progress, lias boon in.tho slight
est degree promoted by thoubolitlou of
slavery in that fertile and beautiful is
land. It is, I beliovo, now pretty well
understood, that’British statesmen coni:
mitted an error in tho i>olicy of West
India emancipation, forced upon*them
by fanatical reformers. Thoy woro driv
en tb adopt a sontimont, instead of a
practical truth, as tho foundation ..of a
radical,chango in tho social condition
of a peoplo, who woro not prepared Nei
ther to appreciate or profit by it. Even
tho reformation ih religion and church
government, commenced some throe
centuries ago, In tho opinion of iriany
of tho most profound inquirers, has
failed of that complete success which
ought to have attended it, for- tho ren-
sou that tho gonoral truths and princi
ples upon which it was founded wore
applied in excels. Tlio zealous cham
pions dr reform; in throwing aside all
ceremonies und observances whicli af
fect the senses, and.in spiritualizing too
much, there is reasqri to believe, have
stayed tho progress .of substantial' re
form, and.checked tho spread of reli
gious restraints upon the evil passions
of men. But this is a delicate suhjoct,
and I must forbear.
These examples may show that there
arc certain abstract truths and prinoi- - e
pies which, however incontrovertible in
and States, and to relieve Congress for
the future from the mdst dangerous and
distracting suldootof controversy which
ever lias, or over can disturb its deliber
ations ; that tho source of those sec-
tional conflicts and agitations upon thb
subject of slavery, whioh havo more
than once threatened the pence of tho
country, will bo removed; that justioo
will ho dono to tho South; that tho
Constitution will bo restored and vindi
cated ; nnd a new guarantoo provided
for tho stability of tho Union. I need
not say that [f one huff the many beneficent
results predicted of this measure can be
shown to follow as a probable consequence of
its adoption, I would no longor licsitato
to give it my support; but unfortunate
ly tlio argument has proceeded no fur
ther than tho affirmation, without
follow^ h ° W tU08e S: U musfc or wiU 1
WISDOM or THE REVEAL DOUBTED.
“Sir, I beliovo there is a bettor fool
ing prevailing at tlio North towards tho
South than formerly; but would it not
bo wiso on tho part of the .South to do
nothing to rovorae tho current of that
bettor fooling, unless urged by somo
great necessity in vindication of its
rights?”
WIIAT HAS TIIK SOUTH TO GAIN 1IY IT?
“Wliat lms tho South to gain by tho
measure? * * * Will slavery bo
established in tho - Kansas Territory
proposed to be organized under its pro
visions? Does uiiy ono who has tally
considered tho subject, beliovo that
this Territory will becomo a Blavo
Stnto ?
HE DIFFERS WITH HIS SOUTHERN' FRIENDS
ONLY AS TO THE RESULTS OF THE MEASURE.
“1 have said alroudy, and I repeat
that if I could tako the viow of tho im
portance of this measure to tho country
wliich my southern friends do—cutting
off t]io sourco of all future controversy
between tlio North and tho South—put
ting an end to agitation in both sections
upon tlio subject of slavory—I would
feel justified in waiving all my olyec-
tions to this bill, and in uniting heartily
with them in its support. We differ only
as to the rcsidtsof the. measure.’*
'T Tlio foregoing extracts aro from tho
first speech of Mr. Boll on tho Kunsas-
Nobraska bill, delivered in tlio .Scnato
on tho 3d of Mareh, 1854. [.Seo Ap-
ponclix to Congressional Globe, vol. 29,
page '107.]
From his second speech on tho bill,
delivorcd on tiio 24th and 25th of May, *
1854, wo mako tho subjoined extracts,
for which sue Congressional Globo, vol.
29, pages 919-958.
FROllADLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE REPEAL
FURTHER CONSIDERED.
“Tho peoplo of Tonnessee will doubt
tho propriety and wisdom of adding
fuel to tho llamo kindled by tho Al>o-
litionists of tho North, by repealing tho
Missouri Compromise. They wifi sec
thnt it must and will havo a had ©fleet
on tho steady, sober, patriotic, national
men ol tho North. There may be many
gentlemen at the South who may not care what
consequences may flow from such a course.—
Tho people of Tcnncssoo have senso
enough, judgment nnd penetration
enough to porcoivo that, though tho
fooling of tho North, oxcitcd by tho
passage of this bill; may bo restrained
within such bounds as not to ^threaten
immediate disunion, yot that perhaps no
moro fugitive slaves may bo captured
nnd returned from tho North, and that
tho swelling tide of fanaticism, and tho
moro intense sentiment of hostility to
tlio institutions of tho South, created
by this bill, may lcSd to such oxcess
that irritation and resentment will be,
in turn, oxcitod and kindlod into flamo
at tho Bouth ; and that then, we shall
find all the fears arid apprehensions of
civil wur and disunion ronowed, which
sprend consternation throughout tho
io.'.n
land in J850.
SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY.
against ifj*
eoncolvedin a spirit, .tho vorv roverao
of that Whicli controlled thoir own
ooureo when thoy gave.. their sunctio
to tlio Constitution; ivhon they coritril
utod Uiofull weight of tlioir great name
c . i4K1 brib
ed tho full weight of thoir great names
and oharactors in conciliating and re
conciling tho strongosfc antagonisms of
sontimont and interests botivcon tho
North and tho South ; and in blonding
in ono great orgahio instrument of Un
ion, unpnrollollqd iu tho. tho wisdom,
dom of its provisions and tho grandeur
of its results. Joffereon did rniso his
voice ngninst it, but unhappily his glo
rious compatriots of tho revolution had
pafesed away, arid ho, in his retirement
was no longer ablo to control tho aotivo
passions of the day.”
HE FEARS THE CONSEQUENCES OP REPEALING
tUE MISSOURI COMPROMISE. * ' '
‘-Having thuB gone over rill tho grounds
of objection suggested against tho valid-
ity of the-MissQuri Compromise, I trust
it will be keen that I am not disposed to
controvert them either as to fact or doo-
wuo assericu room, win uo
*!ipcSonl5-«g
to boincontrovortiDly true, still the
’* ' romains to bo considered
r '* these facts and dqetrines
•dicncy of disturbing the
Missouri Compromise voider existing circum
stances f and in coming to an affirmative
conclusion upion this point, I hesitate, J
p/iusoV” _ 'v- * . .
PROBABLE CON8EQUENCES OF THE REPEAL
FURTHER CONSIDERED.
“I have listened .with attention. to all
the luminous expositions of theories of
constitutional construction, and' of
popular sovereignty; to the ingenious
application of doctrinal points to ques
tions of compacts and compromises by
the frionds of this measure., Tho ques
tion lias been fruitful of thomes of dia
lectic display; for tho exhibition of
great powers of analysis and logical
acumen; but the whole argument has
boon singularly defective and unsatis
factory upon the main question: What
practical advantage or benefit to the country
generally, or to the South in purticxdar, will
'* epeal of the ’Missouri Compromise
, > i i vt r.-—-* -.T , oF ‘squatter sov
ereignty,' I wish further to say, that in
tho late contest betwoon Gen. Taylor
and the honorablo and distinguished
Senator from Michigan. (Gen. Cass,)
was distinctly brought forward us an is
sue before tho^peoplb^of Tennessee.
In that contest in common with tho
South scarcely, tho (tho people of Ten
nessee) repudiated tho idea, that a
handful, or any number of inhabitants,
in a territory of tlio Uuited States as,
should havo tlio power granted to them
by Congrers of regulating ’tho domestic
institutions und at their discretion, to
deny to tho citizen of ono section of tho
Union tho power . to eqjoy his right of
property in slaves. Wo were not pre
pare to reverse and sot aside the previ
ously established practicep and doc
trines of tho Go rornmerit, from 1789 to
that time. We could seo no peuoo, no
quiet, no end of agitation that was to
result from such a"courso. We thought
that, it a Territorial legislature should,
in ono or two years, establish or uholish
slavory, tho agitation of tlio question of
slavery would still go on. Wo, in Ten
nessee, at • that tirno believed wo wero
advocating principles and doctrines on
this subject approved in all the South
ern States. The principle then, contend
ed for was that tho peoplo of a Territo
ry, when they came to form a State Constitu
tion, and then only, wero qualified to
establish their domestic institutions.”
[Concluded on second page.]
tho business of statosmen; in eve.y $»£«&*&***&
country, to apply them witli safely, ami tlie 100,1 106“ 1, tQ r ®*i
mill, tlio repeal of tlio Missouri Compro
mise, will have the effect to trnniifer to
the Territories
The Plot of Insurrection iu Texas.
Tho disclosure of tlio details of tlio
Into malignant attempt to excite insur
rection among the servile population of
Toxns, lias naturally enough aroused in
tense feeling in tho localities which
wero doomed to firo and sword, and is
likely to awaken serious reflection and
concern in other portions of the Union.
Insurrections have been rare in tlio
United .States, principally becuu-so of
tho humanity and leniency which liavo
always so honorably distinguished th©
exercise of authority by American mas-
tors, wlioroas, whilst slavery existed in
the.English nnd French West’lndia
possession*, there was no end to insur
rections, so harsh, brutal and. exacting
wero tho proprietors. Another Sourco
of safety lias been tho notorious defici
ency of tho negrq in the power of
combining and organizing. The Texas
developments show that the mostfuith-
ful and affectionate servants may bo
alienated and corrupted, and that whito
men arc on hand to supply the inferior
race with those elements of organiza
tion and combination in which they are
deficient. In view of theso fact6, and
of other signs of the times, common
prudence would seem to dictate increas
ed nnd systematic circumspection und
vigilance on the part of thoso who aro
m authority. —Baltimore American.